A NEW 800 mm AUTOMATIC TELESCOPE

S Andrievsky, I Molotov, N Fashchevsky, S Podlesnyak, V Zhukov, V Kouprianov, S Kashuba, V Kashuba, V Mel'nichenko, Yu Gorbanev
2013 Odessa Astronomical Publications   unpublished
A new automatic telescope, a 800-millimeter main mirror catadioptric anastigmatic aplanat, was constructed by specialists of Odessa National University Astronomical observatory (Ukraine) in cooperation with their colleagues from the ISON project (Rus-sia), and was recently put into operation. The telescope is mounted at Mayaki station in suburb of Odessa. It is equipped with a focal corrector and a professional CCD camera. The telescope is used now for observations of geostationary objects,
more » ... roids, and comets. In addition , this telescope can be used for the high precision photometric observations of faint objects up to 20 m .
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